What did my tax pay for?

The City of Vancouver awarded $1910 million in contracts since January 2024 across 695 individual awards. Here's where the biggest money went.

Where the money goes

Construction & infrastructure $938M
Other $326M
Vehicles & fleet $192M
Waste & recycling $139M
Professional services $114M
Utilities & energy $111M
IT & telecommunications $79M
Facilities & maintenance $10M

Top 20 contracts

# Contract Value
1
Marpole Community Centre Construction
Heatherbrae Builders Co Ltd · 2024-02
 $76.6M
2
Value Added Reseller for Network and Data Center Hardware, Software, Services
CDW Canada Corp · 2024-12
 $49.0M
3
Supply and Delivery of Light and Medium Duty Vehicles
First Truck Centre Inc · 2024-12
 $43.1M
4
Supply and Delivery of Light and Medium Duty Vehicles
Dueck Auto Group · 2024-12
 $43.1M
5
Supply and Delivery of Light and Medium Duty Vehicles
Metro Motors Ltd · 2024-12
 $43.1M
6
Supply of Landfill Services
United Earth Contractors (2025) Corp. · 2025-12
 $40.8M
7
Construction Services for Phase 5 South Closure and Gas System Upgrades
BD Hall Constructors Corp. · 2025-06
 $27.2M
8
Construction Services for Phase 5 South Closure and Gas System Upgrades
Jacob Bros. Construction Inc. · 2025-06
 $26.9M
9
Construction Services for Hastings Sunrise Sewer Renewal and Green Infrastruct
Jacob Bros. Construction Inc. · 2024-01
 $25.3M
10
Construction Services for Hastings Sunrise Sewer Renewal and Green Infrastruct
JJM Construction Ltd · 2024-01
 $24.8M
11
Supply and Delivery of Light and Medium Duty Vehicles
Metro Motors Ltd · 2025-03
 $24.2M
12
Construction Services for Hastings Sunrise Sewer Renewal and Green Infrastruct
BD Hall Constructors Corp. · 2024-01
 $23.6M
13
The Accelerated Water Meter Installation Program
KTI Limited · 2025-10
 $22.9M
14
The Accelerated Water Meter Installation Program
Neptune Technology Group · 2025-10
 $22.5M
15
Granville Sewer Separation Project
Jacob Bros. Construction Inc. · 2025-10
 $21.8M
16
The Accelerated Water Meter Installation Program
Complete Utility Contractors Ltd · 2025-10
 $20.4M
17
Construction Services for Sunset Nursery and Operations Yard Stage 1 - Operatio
Pomerleau Inc. · 2024-02
 $18.4M
18
Digital Infrastructure and Innovation for FIFA Games in Vancouver
TELUS · 2025-10
 $18.1M
19
Supply of Landfill Services
BD Hall Constructors Corp · 2025-12
 $17.3M
20
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES - GRANVILLE BRIDGE SOUTH APPROACH RAMPS REHABILITATION PHA
Coquitlam Ridge Constructors Ltd. · 2025-05
 $17.1M
How to read this: These are all contracts the City has publicly reported through its open data portal. Some large items (like vehicle fleet purchases) are split across multiple vendors. The category breakdown uses keyword matching on contract descriptions — a rough guide, not an audit.